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BC Audio – Guitar Amps in Ammo Cans

Danny Hines — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:30:33 +0000

BC Audio has a line of amps in ammo cans. They look awesome, retro indeed, with the still smoking from field training vibe. These amps are designed by award winning amp designer Bruce Clement. They have several models in the 15 to 25 watt range with big fat tone. The amps are true point to point wired and use your choice of 6V6 or 5881 tubes in the power section. Prices start at $1795 USD. Check out their website for full details BC Audio

PRS Sweet 16 Amp American Made Tone

Danny Hines — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:17:20 +0000

Paul Reed Smith and master amp builder Doug Sewell have teamed up to create a new amplifier called the Sweet 16. This new single channel amp combines excellent tone and quality aesthetics and a not-so-expensive price point, and is available as a head or a combo amp. The Sweet 16 amp has 16 watts of cathode-biased 6v6 output tube power and is hand-wired in Stevensville, Maryland.

Under the Hood
The Sweet 16’s has a simple control layout that includes volume, treble, mid, bass, master volume and a bright switch. The preamp section incorporates two 12AXT tubes and two 12AT7 tubes. The amp runs on Class A power, the tubes are biased to run a bit hotter than normal. There is also a tube-driven 3-spring Reverb. The back panel has an impedance selector and the speaker outputs.

Premier Guitar Magazine has a review here

Check out PRS here

NAMM 2010 Mesa Boogie Introduces TransAtlantic TA-15 Lunchbox Amp

Danny Hines — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:11:13 +0000

Mesa Boogie introduces the TransAtlantic TA-15 lunchbox amp. The TA-15 packs all the footswitchable performance, including the patented multi-watt Channel Assignable Power, found in the company’s high-end full-size models and offers the most classic British and American sounds in a 12 3/8″ W x 6 3/4″ D x 5 7/8″ H package that weighs only 12 pounds.

The amp features two channels with five modes. You can choose a preamp style in each channel and then select either 5, 15 or 25 watts. The Channel Modes start off with lower gain Normal and higher gain classic versions of the iconic Top Boost sound in Channel 1, which includes an ingenious Pull Master on the Cut control that can be hard bypassed for purists. Channel 2 houses three modes: a tweed clean, a British high gain in HI 1 and a classic Boogie lead in HI 2.

The amp comes with a padded gig bag that holds the power cable and footswitch.

For more information check out Mesa/Boogie